Helping the older unemployed gain employment

Name of institution: De Groene Kans
Type of the organization:
  • Private
Country:
  • Belgium
Thematic scope of the project:
  • Access to employment and social inclusion
  • Businesses undergoing change
Problems to be solved (justification of the need of the transnational cooperation):
  • low employability of disadvantaged groups
  • specific needs of disadvantaged groups and long-term unemployed people in a rural setting
  • specific needs of an ageing work force in social enterprise
  • limited service of social enterprise
  • co-operation between social enterprises
Objectives to be achieved: Improving the employability of disadvantaged groups  Job-rotation Looking at the role of the social enterprises in developing new services Co-operative model /template for social enterprise
Main transnational activities (as provisionally planned, to be confirmed with partners): Study visits Collect and analyse best practice in partner countries Develop template for co-operation between social enterprises. Joint dissemination Final conference
Planned deliverables & outcomes of TNC: Comparability study on transnational approaches Template for co-operation between social enterprises
Target group:
  • Ethnic or national minorities
  • Long term unemployed
  • Immigrants Ex-offenders
  • Women
  • Persons with mental or physical disabilities
Stage of the implementation: Project Idea (projects in preparation phase without grant awarded)
Budget of the project in EUR: 100000
Budget of transnational activities in EUR: 50000
Duration of the project from (dd/mm/yyyy) to (dd/mm/yyyy): 01/09/2012 - 31/12/2013
Duration of transnational activities within the project from (dd/mm/yyyy) to (dd/mm/yyyy): 01/11/2013 - 31/12/2013
Contact person: Dominique Lapiere
Phone: +32 51510572
Project fiche: application/mswordfp_de_groene_kans.doc
Located in: Fishing Pool